Progress Pants

Here's my Saturday win and then I'll explain the title of this post. My win is the workout I did on Saturday. It was leg press day which has already turned out to be the exercise I like the most and dread the most. It kicks my ass (or more specifically my quads and hammies). I got one more rep on my first set than last time which will be a win for me since these are so hard. The rest of the workout kicked ass too. I was definitely one sore puppy at the end of the day.

But let's get to the title of the post and the story behind it.

Yesterday I weighed myself, as I do on Saturday morning. No weight change. None for the week. In fact, I'm up almost a full pound from the week before despite no breaks from the food plan. And I'm bummed of course. Now I don't want to make this journey all about my weight because that's short-sighted and rather stupid. I'll take pictures, as I've said, at the end of the month. However, I felt I needed something else to help me gauge my progress. I decided that, since I had some cash and a discount at one of the clothing stores I shop at, I would try on a pair of jeans a size smaller than the ones I'm in now. Just to see how far away I am from downsizing. And it wasn't too bad! I was able to get them on my hips but not button or zip them. Probably about 20 lbs. away from fitting into them comfortably. I thought this would be a great opportunity to have something to not only gauge progress but to know where I need to take a diet breather. I'm about 20 lbs. away from my intermediate goal of 194 or so lbs. and I want to stop dieting for awhile once I reach that weight. If I don't reach that exact weight but am able to fit into the size 14 jeans comfortably then I know I'm where I want to be. I really don't know what it's going to take to reach that weight or where my ultimate weight will land. If I build some solid muscle and lose fat, it may be higher than I think. Or not. Either way, size 14 jeans will be the place I take a breather.

I've got those pants hanging in my room so I'm constantly aware of my goal and can try them on every week or so. One way or another I will see my progress.